Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Plagiorchiida > Suborder Xiphidiata > Superfamily Opecoeloidea > Family Opecoelidae > Subfamily Podocotylinae

Podocotyle Dujardin, 1845

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Podocotyle alexandrina Rizk, Taha & El-Rahman, 1996
Podocotyle angulata Dujardin, 1845
Podocotyle atherinae Nicoll, 1914
Podocotyle atomon (Rudolphi, 1802) Odhner, 1905
Podocotyle congeri (Yamaguti, 1970) Bartoli, Bray & Gibson, 2003
Podocotyle reflexa (Creplin, 1825) Odhner, 1905
Podocotyle scorpaenae (Rudolphi, 1919) Bartoli & Gibson, 1991
Podocotyle syngnathi Nicoll, 1913

Literature

original description

Dujardin, F. (1845). Histoire naturelle des helminthes ou vers intestinaux. Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret. Paris. xvi + 654 + 15 pp., pls. 1-12.

basis of record

Gibson, D.I. (2001). Digenea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 136-142

additional source

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

additional source

Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.

redescription

Sokolov, S.; Shchenkov, S.; Frolov, E.; Denisova, S.; Gordeev, I. (2023). Molecular and morphological screening of Podocotyle spp. (Trematoda: Opecoelidae) sheds light on their diversity in Northwest Pacific and eastern European Arctic. Journal of Helminthology. 97.

taxonomy source

Gibson, D. I.; Bray, R. A. (1982). A study and reorganization of Plagioporus Stafford, 1904 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) and related genera, with special reference to forms from European Atlantic waters. Journal of Natural History. 16(4): 529-559.

taxonomy source

Krupenko, D.; Kremnev, G.; Gonchar, A.; Gubler, A.; Skobkina, O. (2024). Wandering the taxonomic mine-field: the Podocotyle species complex (Digenea: Opecoelidae). Systematic Parasitology. 101(6).

identification resource

Cribb, T. H. (2005). Family Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925. In: Jones, A., Bray, R. A. & Gibson, D. I. (Eds). Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 2. Wallingford: CAB International and the Natural History Museum, pp. 443–531.

identification resource

Blend, C. K.; Dronen, N. O.; Armstrong, H. W. (2019). Occurrence of Podocotyle Dujardin, 1845 (Opecoelidae, Podocotylinae) in three species of deep-sea macrourids from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea with an updated key to species and host-parasite checklist. Zootaxa. 4638(4): 507-533.

identification resource

Gibson, D. I. (1986). Podocotyle araii sp. nov. (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from Sebastes spp. off the coast of British Columbia, with a key to the species of Podocotyle Dujardin, 1845, occurring off the Pacific coast of North America. Journal of Natural History. 20(3): 735-743.

identification resource

Skrjabin, K. I., Koval, V. P. (1958). Family Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925. Subfamilies: Coitocaecinae Poche, 1925; Plagioporinae Manter, 1947. Osnovy Trematodologii. 15, 329–818. (In Russian).

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Podocotyle Dujardin, 1845. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108540

Dr. David Gibson. Podocotyle Dujardin, 1845. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/86535c1a-db6d-4742-80e7-764f353f6687

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh

Importance

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2019-02-27 by Dr. David Gibson & by David Gibson

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